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    pas·sage
    [ˈpasij]
    noun
    passage (noun) · passages (plural noun)
    1. the act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another:
      "there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock"
      • the act or process of moving forward:
        "despite the passage of time she still loved him"
      • the right to pass through somewhere:
        "we obtained a permit for safe passage from the embassy"
      • a journey or ticket for a journey by sea or air:
        "he then booked passage home aboard a Spanish warship"
      • ornithology
        (of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination:
        "the species occurs regularly on passage" · "a passage migrant"
    2. a narrow way, typically having walls on either side, allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway:
      "the larger bedroom was at the end of the passage"
      • a duct, vessel, or other channel in the body.
    3. the process of transition from one state to another:
      "an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge"
      • the passing of a bill into law:
        "a catalyst for the unrest was the passage of a privatization law"
    4. a short extract from a book or other printed material:
      "he picked up the newspaper and read the passage again"
      • a section of a piece of music:
        "nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drumroll on an unrelated note"
      • an episode in a longer activity such as a sporting event:
        "a neat passage of midfield play"
    5. medicine
      biology
      the process of propagating microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence:
      "cultured cells can replicate on serial passage for predictable periods of time"
    verb
    medicine
    biology
    passage (verb) · passages (third person present) · passaged (past tense) · passaged (past participle) · passaging (present participle)
    1. subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage:
      "each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
    pas·sage
    [pəˈsäZH]
    noun
    passage (noun) · passages (plural noun)
    1. a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.
    Origin
    early 18th century: from French, from an alteration of Italian passeggiare ‘to walk, pace’, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
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    noun
    1. the act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another:
      transit
      progress
      passing
      movement
      moving
      motion
      going
      crossing
      traveling
      traversal
      traverse
    2. a narrow way, typically having walls on either side, allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway:
      corridor
      passageway
      hall
      hallway
      entrance hall
      entrance
      walkway
      aisle
      gangway
      alley
      alleyway
      lane
      path
      pathway
      way
      footpath
      track
      trackway
      road
      thoroughfare
      areaway
      trace
      gully
      ginnel
      snicket
      vennel
      wynd
      twitten
      twitchel
    3. the process of transition from one state to another:
      transition
      development
      progress
      progression
      move
      change
      shift
      conversion
      metamorphosis
    4. a short extract from a book or other printed material:
      extract
      excerpt
      quotation
      quote
      citation
      cite
      reading
      section
      piece
      selection
      part
      snippet
      fragment
      portion
      text
      paragraph
      verse
      stanza
      canto
      line
      sentence
      phrase
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